Occupy Berlin

Occupy Berlin was a collaboration in Berlin, Germany that has included peaceful protests and demonstrations against unregulated financial markets and other alleged social injustices. It began as a part of the 15 October 2011 global protests.[1] The protest began in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, United States. It has established three encampments: outside the church Parochialkirche, in Boxhagener Platz and the biggest one on the Bundespressestrand.[2]

Occupy Berlin
Part of the Occupy movement
Date15 October 2011 – 2012
Location
Berlin, Germany
Caused byEconomic inequality, corporate influence over government
MethodsDemonstration, occupation, protest, street protesters

Occupy Berlin cooperates with similar movements throughout Germany, most notably from Frankfurt and Hamburg.

As of June 2012, Occupy Berlin had continued to engage in organized meetings, events and actions.[3]

Blockupy
Main article: Blockupy movement
gollark: Insurance providers make those decisions *too*, but opaquely.
gollark: The US system would probably be better if it actually had incentives for costs to not be insanely high.
gollark: Overly expensive as a % of GDP, convoluted and bureaucratic, not even functional in many important cases.
gollark: It *is* apparently terrible in various ways.
gollark: > those 2 solve like 80% of our current problems tbhI'm not convinced that there wouldn't just be unofficial lobbying-type stuff happening another way.

See also

References
  1. (October 15, 2011.) Occupy-Bewegung Berlin - Bürger, lass das Glotzen sein! - Politik - sueddeutsche.de
  2. (in German) (November 14, 2011.) "Occupy" activists occupy Federal Press beach." Berliner Morgenpost. Accessed November 2011.
  3. "#Occupy Berlin". occupyberlin.info. Occupy Berlin. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.

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